Read this sentence from paragraph 5: There are still 8 varieties of cookies, but now they’re kosher and, much to the excitement of our youngest Girl Scouts, Daisies started selling cookies!
Replacing the word “excitement” with “astonishment” changes the meaning of the sentence to suggest that allowing Daisies to sell cookies was `_________`.

A Unexpected.

explanation

Astonishment is a feeling associated with surprise. Using the word astonishment would suggest that the change was completely unexpected.

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